SAE-AISI M48 Steel vs. EN 1.4740 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI M48 steel and EN 1.4740 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI M48 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4740 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 77 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1670 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 48 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 13 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 37 | |
| 18 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 1.4 to 1.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.5 to 4.0 | |
| 16 to 19 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 63.8 to 69.8 | |
| 75.4 to 82.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.8 to 5.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 9.5 to 10.5 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 2.8 to 3.3 | |
| 0 |